Forward Thinking Media - We are expanding to current events/news
We are expanding to current events/newsIt's a new year for all of us and and a new offering from the newsletter.Happy new year, all! In the next few weeks, I am going to be launching a paid tier of this newsletter that focuses a little more on current events/news that could potentially give you an edge in investing, building, and in reading the markets. I am going to make a few of these so you can get the vibe for them and then when we turn on the paywall, you can decide to become a paying subscriber or just stick to the standard content. Here you go, hope you enjoy! Wander Launches Premium Airbnb CompetitorWander is building a network of homes for work and play. Unlike Airbnb, Wander has full ownership over the homes, allowing them to create an impeccable experience for guests, from booking the trips, to unlocking the houses, to even providing a Tesla on site at every property. I’m very bullish on this company & am a founding resident myself. Introducing The MirrortableBalaji Srinivasan, former GP at a16z and CTO at Coinbase wrote a post last week on how founders can leverage Mirrortables to better manage their cap table. The post went viral on the basis of a blend between web2 and web3 when working with private market investing tools. It is to be determined if this will get widely adopted but it does solve for core back office problems in investing. I wrote up a detailed piece on how we can combine web2 and web3 tools to automate the mess of angel investing.
The key concept is a mirrortable, which is to a cap table what a stablecoin is to a fiat currency.
Oculus Is GrowingOculus had a monster year as they outsell Xbox and dwarf growth from prior years. This is not surprising to longtime readers of this newsletter; I wrote about VR over a year ago about why critics at that point were wrong and VR was just early. I predict a strong few years for VR adoption. Former Successful Founders Put out The Bat SignalThe former cofounder of Flatiron Health & Invite Media, Zach Weinberg, posted a tweet sharing that he’s working on a new company in the biotech sector. Bastian Lehmann also working on something new. Bastian founded Postmates. That’s it for today’s addition. These types of posts won’t be consistent, but they will always be valuable. Hope you enjoyed today’s issue and we will see you next time :) Mat Sherman |
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